{
  "id": "CVE-2019-6693",
  "url": "https://spydr.io/cve/CVE-2019-6693",
  "published": "2019-11-21T16:15:13.173Z",
  "modified": "2026-08-04T05:16:27.110Z",
  "score": 6.5,
  "severity": "medium",
  "cvss_version": "3.1",
  "vector": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N",
  "score_source": "NVD",
  "epss": 0.05828,
  "epss_percentile": 0.92943,
  "exploited": true,
  "kev": {
    "added": "2025-06-25",
    "due": "2025-07-16",
    "action": "Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.",
    "ransomware": "Known",
    "name": "Fortinet FortiOS Use of Hard-Coded Credentials Vulnerability",
    "notes": "https://fortiguard.com/advisory/FG-IR-19-007 ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-6693"
  },
  "ssvc_exploitation": "active",
  "vendors": [
    "Fortinet"
  ],
  "products": [
    "Fortinet FortiGate"
  ],
  "cwes": [
    "CWE-798"
  ],
  "description": "Use of a hard-coded cryptographic key to cipher sensitive data in FortiOS configuration backup file may allow an attacker with access to the backup file to decipher the sensitive data, via knowledge of the hard-coded key. The aforementioned sensitive data includes users' passwords (except the administrator's password), private keys' passphrases and High Availability password (when set).",
  "status": "Analyzed",
  "score_type": "Primary",
  "scores": {
    "cvss_v40": null,
    "cvss_v31": 6.5,
    "cvss_v30": null
  },
  "references": [
    {
      "url": "https://fortiguard.com/advisory/FG-IR-19-007",
      "tags": [
        "Mitigation",
        "Vendor Advisory"
      ]
    },
    {
      "url": "https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2019-6693",
      "tags": [
        "US Government Resource"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "nvd_url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-6693",
  "covered_in": [],
  "attribution": [
    {
      "source": "NVD",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov",
      "notice": "This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD."
    },
    {
      "source": "CISA KEV",
      "url": "https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog",
      "notice": "Known exploited vulnerabilities from the CISA KEV catalog."
    },
    {
      "source": "FIRST EPSS",
      "url": "https://www.first.org/epss",
      "notice": "Exploit prediction scores from FIRST EPSS."
    }
  ]
}